Today's PBL (Problem Based Learning)

Today's challenge is to make a bridge to get the car across the blocks.  You are not allowed to use anything else other than the blocks, paper and car.

One piece of paper, it is not allowed to be cut.

How would you solve this???

Attempt one: What happened?

• A LOT of discussion
• sharing of ideas
• excited children!
• some successes
• a bridge collapsed after 2 cars were put on
• 7 is the largest amount of cars able to be placed on a bridge at one time.
• We had some wobbly bridges
• We had some narrow bridges

Attempt two:  What happened?

• Even MORE discussion
• A lot more excitement!!
• The bridges were a lot sturdier
• The celebrations and commiseration's were a LOT louder!!!!!!!! :)
• We had 6 bridges who took the full load of 7 cars.